taxes. if the sequester is allowed to take place and a continuing resolution is not fixed, the department of defense stands to lose billions of dollars. the vice chairman of the joint chiefs said, "there could be for the first time in his career instances where he may be asked to respond to the crisis, and we may not be able to do it." where i am really pleased to the committee that we have and the minority in the senate, we have a lot of talent there. we will use all of that talent, we have people who are heading up are six committees, senators sessions, mccain, gramm, a -- ayotte and others on the committee. it has been my strategy in the past use this town to make sure they are the ones who will be driving it. senator ayotte. it will not be a one-man show. senator ayotte is the one who has been driving this so far. with this, the bill, which will explain what we will be doing with that. kelly? >> thank you, senator inhofe. i want to for thank senator mckeon and my colleagues senators mcca